Nights With Uncle Remus

Nights With Uncle Remus

by Joel Chandler Harris

Nights with Uncle Remus is a collection of African-American folktales compiled by Joel Chandler Harris. The stories are told by Uncle Remus, an elderly African-American man, to a young white boy. The tales are full of humor, wisdom, and insight into the human condition. Harris first published the stories in a series of newspaper articles in the 1870s and 1880s. They were later collected into a book in 1883. Nights with Uncle Remus was a huge success and helped to popularize African-American folklore. The stories have been adapted into numerous films, television shows, and other works of art.

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Joel Chandler Harris was an American journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a p...

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